JSCO move to CJ City Hall approved by county commissioners
From our weekly issue dated July 23, 2008
Sheriff Gil Gilbertson and Mayor Tony Paulson. (File photo, I.V. News)
A rental agreement for Josephine County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) to use the former city police facility in the basement of city hall has been approved 5-0 by the Cave Junction City Council.
Sheriff Gil Gilbertson said that the county commissioners have signed off on the intergovernmental agreement. “We’re happy,” he said, Monday, July 21.
The sheriff’s office will pay the city $200 per month.
Additionally, City Recorder Jim Polk said Monday that the contract for service with JCSO is now finalized. The city will pay $25,000 per quarter for a city contract officer to provide 40 hours of service per week in city limits.
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The basement of city hall was used by the Cave Junction Police Dept., which operated in the 1960s until it was disbanded due to lack of funding. JCSO will use the facility, which consists of some 1,700 square feet of space, for deputies to work, and eventually as a temporary holding facility.
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The agreement means that JCSO is leaving its space in the county building in Cave Junction. Work to transfer the computer and phone lines is pending voter approval of the law enforcement tax districts proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot, as the county board has said that it doesn’t have the money for the changes.
So it appears that the city officer, Deputy George Gasperson, will use both sites, at least temporarily.
